Health sciences wikis
AskAway Virtual Reference Wiki provides online reference sources, top databases, search strategic, subject guides and Evidence Based Medicine Reviews. The Subject Guides were created by students from UBC's School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies. They are intended to be used by virtual reference librarians. The Database lists were created by AskAway staff. To edit this wiki, you need to fill out your information on a request access page. It has a good feature for a printable version. This wiki has many nursing subject guides, this wiki would be good to add on the nursing stuff or nursing student resources.
Kandace Yuen
AssignmentExample wiki from the health sciences-- please include the name of the wiki and a link to the resource along with your name or initials. If the wiki is private please mention that in your annotation.
Questions to consider
- Describe the wiki
- How is it being used in the health sciences ?
- (If it's your wiki) Describe some benefits & challenges encountered
- (If it's not your wiki) What do you like/dislike about this wiki?
- Would you recommend this to your patrons? Why or why not?
- Please try to avoid duplication. If someone has already added a review, make sure your annotation adds value to what was already said.
- Please try to put your entry in proper alphabetical order.
Example Entry
Wikinu Medecine
http://www.wikinu.org/medecine/index.php?title=Accueil
This is the official wiki of the French Virtual Medical University. Gathers teaching materials, focuses on video materials. Content is produced by PhDs in medical schools. It is targeted towards medical students. I would recommend this to French speakers. -- Molly Knapp
Place Your Entry Below!
This wiki was created by doctors from the Cleveland Clinic. It is intended to serve as a dynamic resource for medical professionals and students. Contributors must be credentialed, and are asked to submit their information before being added to the review board. Originally this resource was focused on the area of cardiology, but has since been expanded to include content on radiology, women's health, psychiatry and related disciplines. Users can find articles, as well as, links to other resources and even videos. This would be a good quick reference tool for medical students. - JG
This wiki includes a wide variety of illustrative matter, as described above. In particular there are a number of angiograms, which are in the form of videos, or images. These may be useful for medical student to refer to for coursework. Additionally, there are some detailed tutorials for professionals to refer to as needed. -Michael Coffman
Cutting Edge Web Resources for PT
http://aptaweb20.wetpaint.com/
This wiki was begun to support the 2008 APTA Educational Session Cutting-edge Web Resources: Get Familiar with Web 2.0 Tools for Clinical Practice and PT Education and to Share Evidence-based Information. It seems to be a combination of information about Web2.0 tools and PT-oriented information available via some of those tools. There's a lot of good information about the tools plus links to many good resources. Included are a good evidence based practice bibliography, plus Web 2.0 sources for PT educators.
--BRR
Note: There's a call out from Judy Burnham (Director, Biomedical Library, U. South Alabama) for updates prior to the upcoming June APTA meeting, so please contribute or pass on to others who might do so, if you're able. Quite a few the things we're adding to the various pages of this wiki (such as info about wiki platforms, books and journal articles, etc.) would make nice additions, I suspect.
Diabetes Wiki
diabetes.wikia.com/wiki/Diabetes_Wiki
This wiki is an inactive site which started out as a resource for patients suffering from diabetes. Its format is familiar to Wikipedia users. The content delivers accurate and broad scoped information, with links to credible sites such as the Mayo Clinic. www.mayoclinic.org/. I am curious as to why the wiki is not longer active. Did the target audience not find the wiki? Was the idea of a wiki for this group not the best way of communication? Are patients finding better support in other formats? What is the critical point where the wiki would have been sustainable? I wonder what changes could be made that this wiki would be able to fulfill its potential to serve the audience it was intended for.-
Amy Koshoffer
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/dokuwiki/hslwiki/doku.php?id=ebhc_guide
Created by the University at Buffalo librarians, this wiki provides a broad overview of Evidence-based Health Care. It provides a detailed list of resources, none dated before 1996. The intended audience of this wiki is library users, and it will serve them well.
Wendy Hess
Evidence Based Medicine Wiki
EBM Librarian http://ebmlibrarian.wetpaint.com/?t=anon
(Mentioned in the article as an example of a WetPaint wiki) The purpose of this wiki is to develop a community of librarians who are involved in teaching and supporting the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM).
This site offers a place to:
- share teaching materials and class handouts
- discuss issues and ask advice from colleagues
- share useful information about teaching ebm
I like the fact that the ideas and tools on the EBM wiki are free to use when teaching EBM classes to medical students. The only requirement is that you give credit to the creators of the ideas and tools. I especially liked the EBM overview, clinical questions, and tutorials and information on acquiring and appraising the evidence. The related blogs and wikis include a whole host of resources useful to librarians. I would recommend this wiki to medical faculty who are teaching EBM within their discipline.
Jean Sidwell, Kirksville College Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, MO.
According the the about "The purpose of the Flu Wiki is to help local communities prepare for and perhaps cope with a possible influenza pandemic". The wiki has both left and right navigation bars on the main page -- the right devoted to news, quick links to publications and a Tip of the Week. The left nav bar starts with wiki basics and then moves onto listing a rich diversity of individual pages such as Influenza Science, Pandemic Prepareness, Pandemic Migration, Legal, Ethical, Economic Issues and much much more. The page also includes links to the wiki in several languages. It appears to be a very useful wiki that will be very important whenever a flu pandemic arrives. I will certainly, now having found it, add a link to it to our own Flu information page. KVC
Health Wiki. Consumer Health Information Service, Toronto Public Library chis.wikidot.com/
The librarians from Toronto Public Library's Consumer Health Information Service have created a wiki with health information in English and French. It includes an online course about evaluating online health information, health sites by topic, health guides with books, articles, and web links, FAQs, and information for librarians intrested in building consumer health collections. Although some information is specific to Canada, the site is useful as a resource for consumer health information. The material about collection building is very helpful for librarians new to consumer health information. Barbara Bibel
Healthocrates http://www.healthocrates.com/
Healthocrates.com claims to be the first internet based wiki medical resource.It brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Topics are presented in the following categories: Grand Rounds- Physician's Case Studies, Diseases and Conditions, Medicine Drugs Vitamins Herbs, Mental Health and Alternative Medicine. Members include doctors and health professionals as well as those interested in health . All article submissions are reviewed by medical professionals. Dianne Olson
HSL Wiki Farm @ University @ Buffalo Libraries
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/dokuwiki/hslwiki/doku.php
The librarians and graduate reference assistants of the Health Sciences Library at the University at Buffalo "are developing wiki-based projects for our users in the five health sciences schools. These wikis may be created for use in class projects, collaborative research and writing, or other academic endeavors." I would estimate that there are approximately 50 links to wikis at this time. They range from course specific wikis to health-topical wikis to Web2.0 topical wikis and more (e.g., finding an academic library job; book donations). I love the range of topics covered and the creative name of the page, which made it easier for me to remember and find the second time around. I would recommend some of these to my users, although not all topics appear to be very active in terms of when they were most recently edited.--BRR
Mamaherb www.mamaherb.com
As of 1 pm on 3/14/09: "Right now Mamaherb.com is home to 12217 Treatments using 1253 Ingredients treating 1339 Conditions, growing each day". (this is their live update bar).
Mamaherb is a natural ingredient, treatment and remedy wiki site. Condition information is taken from reliable sites, eg. NIH institutes. Treatments are added by users, who must register. Users can also add comments on suggested treatments and there is an option to vote that a treatment helps without having to make a comment. There are communities for people to join, and experts to help with questions. Polls on various pages encourage participation.
Some pages on this site are a bit busy, which makes it hard to find the feature I think is interesting, “Clever Use of Mamaherb.com” a section of hints to help you find what you need. As a librarian, I appreciate the certified reference labels. Logos for PubMed, NIH and others, can be added to a page to indicate that the recommendation is based on research.
I would recommend this site, but add that it is best to look for the certified reference labels, and of course, read everything carefully.
MCMLA 2009
http://2009mcmla.pbwiki.com/
This is a collaborative wiki for the planning committee of the MidContinental Medical Library Association (MCMLA) 2009 Annual Meeting.
This wiki is only open to those individuals in the health sciences institutions planning for this meeting. The site is well organized and greatly enhances and accelerates the process of meeting planning. It allows its members to alert all committee members immediately of changes, additions and corrections in the agenda and various committee progress. There was only one time that the site went down for unknown reasons. The rest of the time it has been simple to edit, to access contract forms, to see what's been changing, etc. I would recommend using PBwiki to any organization planning a meeting whose members are spread out over a geographical area. Nancy Peterson
This wiki was developed by the librarians at the University of South Alabama Biomedical Library. It began as a list of resources for our health care faculty and students and has evolved into a wiki so that the faculty and students can help us edit and maintain it. It covers the disciplines in medicine, nursing and allied health that the Biomedical Library serves.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/03/09/bisc0309.htm Hot off the presses - from amednews.com today!
"The goal of The Medpedia Project is to evolve a new model for how the world will access medical knowledge in the future. The Medpedia wiki is the collaborative encyclopedia and resource for information about health, medicine and the body. Only physicians and Ph.D.s are allowed to edit the Articles on Medpedia. Non-Editors can suggest changes that must be approved by an Editor before going live on the site. The Medpedia Project is a combination of a Wikipedia, a LinkedIn and condition communities, and is not simply a wiki. The intention of The Medpedia Project is to provide a complete Web platform to the medical industry by 2014." This wiki/medical Web platform is very new, having come to life in February 2009. It is operating under the auspices of Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley and the University of Michigan. It will be very transparent and quickly updated, so it has definite advantages over books and journal articles. I will recommend it to patrons for those reasons. -----Leslie Henry
Medpedia Wiki
Medpedia Wiki exists as a part of what is called the Medpedia Project. Implemented on the Web only a month ago, only time will tell if it will fulfil its very ambitious goal (stated in the above listing). It is free to use by anyone interested in health, medicine and the body and is funded/maintained by Ooga Labs (technology greenhouse in San Francisco). The hope is to support costs with a non-invasive, text-based advertising such as Google's AdSense and to provide links next to the ads: "Flag inappropriate ads" thus allowing the user community to have some control over the content/appearance of ads. Non-medical professionals can create a profile and suggest change to articles, however only MD's and Ph.D's can make changes. I tried a couple of searches on the wiki and liked the results for general use and as a starting point. I would not recommend it to my library users at this point. I will check in on it from time to time and look forward to watching it grow and hopefully meet its goal! Lee Clemans-Taylor
Onco Wiki,
http://malaysianmedicine.com/oncowiki/ow.asp?OncoWikiFrontPage, is wiki a that serves as a free repository for oncology information, chemotherapy protocols, and cancer treatment regimens. The intended audience is healthcare providers working in the field of Oncology. The Administrator is Dr. Alan Teh. Anyone who registers can contribute. There were no editorial policies listed. The title index is especially helpful in that it lists various kinds of cancer. Then the wiki gives the number of pages dedicated to that type of cancer. Marilyn Teolis.
Open Access Directory(OAD) –http://oad.simmons.edu
“The Open Access Directory (OAD)- is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large”. It has links to lists like blogs about OA, discussion forums and guides for OA journal publishers.
It is a good guide to the open access movement and a resource for all involved in this important topic. It is an open wiki but only those who are registered can edit. It is authoritative and I was glad to see librarians on the editorial board and library school involvement. It has heavy traffic and is being constantly edited and updated. -NK
Outreach Connections: Native Health Information Wiki is a collaborative tool for health information providers who serve Native peoples. The site has a number of standing subject areas and "projects," which are moderated branches of the wiki dedicated to a particular population or topic. Outreach Connections also provides different ways of filtering the available information, such as by Tribe/Nation, or associated Funding Agencies. All in all, it is an interesting and ambitious project (with a nice look and feel) that has great potential value for educators, instructors, health care providers, and other interested parties. - Shane Wallace
“All article text on this website (VisWiki.com) [is] derived from Wikipedia.” VisWiki adds visuals to the Wikipedia information, such as nodes, that show the subject’s relation to other subjects, e.g. Pain Management is related to Chronic Pain. It also lists subject terms. This would be a great resource for a searcher starting a search in an unfamiliar subject area. ---Libby Black
This wiki is a place for pharmacy librarians to share best practices and other information with each other. Although public, contributors must get the password from the administrator to add or edit the wiki. The structure, as well as the content, remains a work in progress as the community determines areas of importance throughout the field. I recommend this resource to librarians working with pharmacy programs. – CMS
Point of care decision-making tools –Overview
Part of the UBC HealthLib Wiki –a Knowledge-Base for Health Librarians
http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Point_of_care_decision-making_tools_-_Overview
This section of the UBC Health Library wiki provides detailed information on fourteen point-of-care products. A brief description of each product is on the home page with links to a more extensive review. Each extensive review has the same format consisting of an introduction, selection criteria, literature surveillance, disease summary overview, usefulness, and references.
I found this wiki very helpful when we started to look at various point-of-care tools outside of UpToDate. The concise reviews helped me narrow my search to two or three products instead of looking at all 14.
This site is geared towards health science librarians but I believe that library patrons would find this useful too when searching for tools to use on iPhones, Blackberries, PDAs, and pcs from off campus.
--Marian Simonson
Psychology Wiki
psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Amy Faltinek
According to the website, there are currently 48,810 pages and 24,820 articles on The Psychology Wiki.
Editor's pick: Psychology journals
Most visited: Ejaculation
Highest voted: Moral development
Newly changed: Color blindness
Collecting information and links to consumer health in Second Life
SL Healthy gathers information about consumer health locations and groups in Second Life, with general health education resources as well. The site was created and is being sustained by SL avatars: Perplexity Peccable and Skaidrite Norse. (I'm not sure if it is being actively updated, I haven't updated my entries in a long time and things in SL tend to be transient.) There are pages on each consumer health organization or space in SL, as well as a calendar of events. My favorite section is the "Path of Support" - while some think it is important to provide health information in the virtual world; I consider the support groups to be the most vital part of consumer health in SL. There are huge numbers of people with disabilities in SL, and the support groups are very popular and helpful. One of the few positive things said in the press about SL is how it helps 'even the playing field' for those who are mentally or physically disabled.
--Micki McIntyre
UsefulChem Wiki
http://usefulchem.wikispaces.com
The UsefulChem Wiki is part of a project that endeavors to make the full record of scientific research available via raw data from experiments, including the failures, made available using wikis and blogs. One of the objectives of the UsefulChem project is the synthesis and testing of novel anti-malarial agents.The “Open Notebook Science” project makes the actual lab notebooks available on the wiki. This wiki also incorporates faculty teaching tools along with collaborative science projects. The wiki allows mentoring possibilities for faculty with students and other open collaboration with other scientists at other laboratories. Protocols and workflows are shared, along with special projects such as 3D modeling of chemicals in Second Life. This wiki is an open link to the scientific process in real time using a collection of blogs, wikis and other web 2.0 features, such as Google document spreadsheets. It is a very interesting project using technology for incorporating teaching, learning and documentaion with truly open scientific collaboration.
I learned about this wiki and "open science" through an online ACRL presentation by Jean-Claude Bradley, a professor of chemistry at Drexel University. I highly recommend this project as an example of what might be accomplished using web 2.0 technologies. -- Mary Holt
Wikibooks: Healthcare
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Health_science_bookshelf
This is a collection of open access textbooks that relate to the health sceices. Users can click on a subject and it will take them to a list of books that are available for them to read for free. There is also a section below with related content that will allow users to look at other books that are not in the health sciences section. Users can suggest a book to be placed on the wiki or create their own book to be placed on the site. One of the good features is the study guides for medical students. Often our study guides are non-circuating and are located behind the circulation desk. Having study tutorials available for use when we are not here is helpful. I would recommend this to patrons for background information.
- Kary Heller
WikiHealthCare
http://wikihealthcare.jointcommission.org/twiki/bin/view/Home/WebHome
Description: Created by the Joint Commission for discussion on health care quality improvement. All users may view material, but only registered users can edit. Instructional tutorials aid in navigation and editing techniques.
Use: Three main sections include Quality Improvement, Standards Development and Research, and a Community Post. Users may post quality improvement solutions on the QI section. The Standards and Research section allows user input on emerging issues for future accreditation manuals. In the Community Post section, registered users can create blogs, initiate topics, or communicate with other users.
Benefits: This wiki provides a forum for health care professionals to exchange ideas and information, discuss issues, and to help form health care standards based on practice.
Challenges: Because information on the wiki can be posted by any person and Joint Commission posts a disclaimer on accuracy, users must be carefully evaluate all information posted.
Recommended for hospital executives and risk managers. –Joni Melnick
This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at House (TV series). The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with the House Wikia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. Does this site have advertisement? Yes. Zebra cases?? Yes. This wiki would be a cross-over to the Sandbox. The wiki has potential in the health science. Our audience would suggest!
-FEK
This has a wonderful name but is sorely lacking in useful or interesting content. It advertises pet health and nutrition and has wonderful advertising all in your face, but I kept getting Ziggy the Scottish terrier as a response to most things I clicked (and Scotties are my favorite!) on doggy health, so I think there are some learning curve issues there. The dog health entries are personal questions and personal commentary answers, so poor quality overall in the animal health sciences.The discussion group on pet nutrition has a few lines defining kibble but has no links to the FDA or the melamine content in foods killing pets until you really drill down the screen, so things are hard to find. A wetpaint site, it has great ad placement, but precious little of use. Everyone else loved their web sites so well, I thought I would put one with a wonderful name but disappointing content. I would not use or suggest it; those responsible for it are harder to find on the site than the easy link to the Jonas Brothers fan site.I have to say it: I would not recommend this to a dog. MMG
Medical Wikis:
Depression Wiki -- http://depression.wikia.com/wiki/Main_page
Depression Wikicity aims to be a place for information and support for anyone suffering from depression. – I found this site to have lots of ads and could find no information on the source of their information. I would not recommend this site. - Patty Williams
Comments (3)
Shane said
at 4:30 pm on Mar 10, 2009
Hope no one minds -- As per the instructions, I just alphabetized all of our entries. -SW
Maureen "Molly" Knapp said
at 11:09 am on Mar 11, 2009
Thanks Shane! MK
Barbara said
at 12:38 pm on Mar 12, 2009
I removed numbering for the different contributions, as it was looking like it would become a pain to re-number each time something is added. I hope this is ok. BRR
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